Mouse eggs created from skin cells
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
A cell that can multiply and give rise to a variety of other, more specialised cell types. For example, stem cells in the bone marrow make many different blood cells.
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
A small clinical trial involving 12 patients with Parkinson's disease has reported no safety concerns with a newly developed human stem cell-based therapy...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
Viral genetic material, integrated into our DNA millions of years ago, has an essential role in a key early stage in embryo development...
Brain organoids developed from fetal tissue offer a new way to model brain diseases and aid in drug testing....
The fourth session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference 'Looking to the Law: In the Clinic, in the Lab, in the Court' featured expert speakers in areas of embryo research, fertility counselling, and reproductive medical law...
Two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration...
The Irish Government has approved amendments to legally recognise children born via domestic altruistic surrogacy, and international surrogacy arrangements...
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